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Gratitude Is The Ability To Experience Life As A Gift. It Liberates Us From The Prison Of Self-preoccupation.

If Ever There Were A True "just As I Am" Church, If Ever There Were A Community Where Everybody Could Bring All Their Baggage And Brokenness With Them Without Neat And Tidy Happy Endings Quite Yet, If Ever There Was A Group Where Everyone Was Loved And No One Pretended - We Could Not Make Enough Room Inside The Building.

Churches Can Become Places Of Cynicism, Resistance, And Pessimism.

Prudence Is Not Hesitation, Procrastination, Or Moderation. It Is Not Driving In The Middle Of The Road. It Is Not The Way Of Ambivalence, Indecision, Or Safety.

For Many Of Us The Great Danger Is Not That We Will Renounce Our Faith. It Is That We Will Become So Distracted And Rushed And Preoccupied That We Will Settle For A Mediocre Version Of It.